The Israeli military has identified the latest soldier to be killed in Gaza as a 19-year-old sergeant in the 603rd Engineer Battalion, who died in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

Several other Israeli troops were reported as seriously injured, including a reservist in the 710th Engineer Battalion and a reservist in Battalion 2855. The former was wounded in fighting in northern Gaza and the latter in southern Gaza.

A reserve officer with the 7029 Battalion was also seriously injured in southern Gaza and an officer with the Golani Brigade was seriously wounded in the north of the Palestinian territory.

At least 116 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the Gaza ground invasion so far and around 650 injured, the UN reported on Thursday, citing official figures.